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World Bank OKs record $1.05 bln for schools in India

How to save your taxes and manage your investments The loans will help Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, a government program aimed at boosting education among young children. It is the largest program of its kinds in the world.While the funding is a major investment ... [Published 1 hour ago by Reuters India]
First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 Documents

Loan Bill Stripped of Early Ed., Other Priorities

A proposed substantial new investment in early-childhood education has been jettisoned from a measure that would make major changes to the federal student-loan program, after Democrats in Congress found that the estimated savings from the planned overhaul ... [Published 1 hour ago by Education Week]
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 2 Documents

Lawmakers Say The Needs of Rural Schools Are Overlooked

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First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated 12 hours ago - 4 Documents

No school fee increase this year in Dubai: KHDA

Dubai education authority denies permission to eight institutesParents with their children at the Indian School in Abu Dhabi to seek admissions earlier this year. The education council has now offered land to help a school operator.Image Credit: Rayeesa ... [Published 12 hours ago by Gulf News]
First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 Documents

Education Secretary: Struggling Schools Can Be Saved

Education Secretary Arne Duncan appeared before Congress to discuss the administration's proposed changes to the 'No Child Left Behind' law Wednesday. Part of the overhaul envisions requirements that school districts assign their most effective teachers ... [Published 12 hours ago by NPR]
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First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 7 Documents

Teachers Unions May Derail Obama...

In the ambitious blueprint for overhauling federal education policy that President Obama presented to Congress on Monday, he outlined a vision of higher academic standards and fewer federal proscriptions for how to meet them -- a vision that applies to ... [Published 13 hours ago by Mother Jones]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 3 Documents

Soon, private firms to offer medical education

Mumbai: In an attempt to ease the shortage of seats, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has given the green signal for private healthcare firms to set up medical colleges. MCI, the body that regulates the sector and registers doctors, has allowed hospital ... [Published 13 hours ago by Silicon India]
First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 Documents

Detroit Is Expected To Close A Quarter Of Its Schools

DETROIT - Doors are expected to shut on more than one-quarter of Detroit's 172 public schools in June as the district fights through steadily declining enrollment and a budget deficit of more than $219 million, an emergency financial manager said yes ... [Published 16 hours ago by Manila News.Net]
First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 4 Documents

Schools of Sharks

As one of the few people I know who has attended both a four year college, and a trade school, I'm particularly interested in stories like these , which would challenge all but the most doctrinaire libertarian's love of free markets:Jeffrey West was working ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Atlantic Monthly]
First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 3 Documents

Duncan works to sell administration's education plan

Washington (CNN) - Saying the United States is "falling behind" in education, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan worked Wednesday to persuade lawmakers that the Obama administration's plan to rewrite a federal education law is the right move for the ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by CNN Political Ticker]
First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 4 Documents

President Obama: dont fire our teachers, thank them

President Obama: don't fire our teachers, thank themMarch 16, 11:06 AMLA Workplace Issues ExaminerPeggy CastellanoComment SubscribeGet alerts when there is a new article from the LA Workplace Issues Examiner. Read Examiner.com's terms of use.Email ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Examiner.com]
First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 3 Documents

UK stops direct funding to the Ministry of Education in Kenya, but remains committed to supporting education

Source: United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID)The UK has today announced the termination of its funding to the first phase of the Kenyan Ministry of Education's Education Sector Support Programme.However, the UK has reaffirmed ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by ReliefWeb]

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